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CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
MINUTES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
NOVEMBER 9, 1992
_ CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m., at
the South Coast Air Quality Management District
Auditorium, 21865 East Copley Drive, Diamond Bar,
California.
ROLL CALL: Community Development Director James DeStefano,
Associate Planner Robert Searcy, and Planning
Technician Ann Lungu.
PUBLIC HEARING: AP/Searcy reported that Administrative Development
Review 92-16 is a request,, made by Mr. and Mrs.
ADR 92-16 Afzal Hussain, to construct an addition of 8,500
square feet to an existing single family residence
of approximately 2,100 square feet on an 1.13 acre
site located at 2625 Blaze Trail in "The Country
Estates". The General Plan designation is RR
(IDU/1 acre), and the Zoning is currently R-1-
20,000. The proposed addition will add a cellar to
the existing two story house, and a two story
structure behind the existing residence. The
project proposes a total make over of the
residence, as described in the staff report. The
interior improvements include a master bedroom,
dining room and library, three bedrooms and a
study, and open space and laundry facilities on the
bottom floor. There ar no second kitchens shown,
although a dumb waiter has been indicated. The
applicant will be notified of the code's
prohibition on more than one kitchen in a single
family residence. This project has been determined
to be Categorically Exempt under CEQA Section 15301
(e) (2). Staff recommended that the Community
Development Director approve the Resolution of
approval with the attached conditions.
CDD/DeStefano declared the public hearing opened.
Syed Raza, the applicant, submitted evidence of
approval from "The Country's" Homeowners
Association. He also submitted a chip board. He
stated the following: the bonus room is now called
the cellar; the area by the nook is the family
room; and there is to be minimal grading. He
stated that he understood the staff report and the
conditions.
CDD/DeStefano declared the public hearing closed.
CDD/DeStefano stated that he is prepared to approve
the project, subject to the following added
conditions: the applicant must submit a revised
site plan properly showing the existing front yard
setback, as well as the half street width of Blaze
Trail; the front yard encroachment for the third
garage space is to be at least 20' feet; the
landscape pian should incorporate an irrigation
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plan, specifically to include the three trees that
are going to be removed as a result of this
construction; the landscape plans should
incorporate the proper setbacks; and, though the
pool appears on the landscape plan, he is not
approving the pool (nor the landscape plans)
because he has not received any plans for review,
and therefore, it must be a separate application.
He made the following corrections to the staff
report: the front yard setback isn't 42 feet; and
there are three covered garages being provided with
the project, not two. CDD/DeStefano also requested
that the staff report include an admonishment, in
the form of a specific condition(s), that deal with
the use of the cellar. If the cellar is shown as
habitable, usable, living space, then it would mean
that the structure is three stories and would
therefore be required to go before the- Planning
Commission. He also noted that finding #3, page 2
of the Resolution, should be reworded to indicate
that "The applicant' request is for an 8,500 square
foot addition to an existing 2,100 square foot
single family residence." With those conditions
and changes to the staff report, CDD/DeStefano
approved ADR, 92-16, with the findings of fact of
the previous conditions listed within the report.
ADR 92-18 CDD/DeStefano stated that Administrative
Development Review 92-18 is a request to remodel
the former Stop and Go facility into the E1 Pollo
Loco facility located at 1220 Diamond Bar Blvd. It
is a commercial design review to permit the
conversion of the Diamond Bar Blvd. elevation to
enclose a couple of the windows for both bathrooms,
and the Grand Ave. elevation to open that up with
some glass and a door.
CDD/DeStefano declared the public hearing opened.
the applicant, inquired if the permitted delivery
hours could be extended after the dinner period
because many deliveries are made late at night.
PT/Lungu stated that the reason why the daytime
delivery hours are limited is to try to help
alleviate some of the traffic congestion that
occurs at that Center,, specifically first thing in
the morning, during lunch hours, and dinner hours.
Staff has no problem with deliveries after the
dinner hour.
CDD/DeStefano stated that condition (d) will be
changed to indicate that the hours of delivery
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shall be between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 11:00
a.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. He also added the
following conditions: the existing stucco facing
Diamond Bar Blvd. will need to be color matched, or
completely repainted, with the new stucco; and the
door should be painted to match the color of the
adjacent stucco.
CDD/DeStefano closed the public hearing.
CDD/DeStefano approved ADR 92-18, with the
Environmental Findings, the findings of fact, and
subject to the conditions as listed within the
report, to include the amended conditions
previously stated.
CDD/DeStefano indicated that the minutes of the ADR
Hearing of October 12th and October 26, 1992 will
be reviewed on Thursday, November 12, 1992 at 5:00
p.m.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m. to Thursday,
November 12, 1992 at 5:00 p.m.
Respectively
mes DeStefano
Director of Community Development
I
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
MINUTES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m., at the South Coast Air Quality Management
District Auditorium, 21865 East Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California.
ROLL CALL: Community Development Director James DeStefano, Associate Planner Robert Searcy, and
Planning Technician Ann Lungu.
HEARING: AP/Searcy reported that Administrative Development Review 92-16 is a request, made by Mr. and Mrs. ADR 92-16 Afzal
Hussain, 'to construct an addition of 8,500
square feet to an existing single family residence of approximately 2,100 square feet On an 1.13 acre site located
at 2625 Blaze Trail in "The Country Estates". The General Plan designation is RR
(1 DU/1 acre), and the Zoning is currently R-120,000. The proposed addition will
add a cellar to the existing two story house, and a two story structure behind the
existing residence. The project proposes a total make over of the residence, as
described in the staff,report. The interior improvements include a master
bedroom, dining room and library, three bedrooms and a study, and open space
and laundry facilities on the bottom floor. There ar no second kitchens shown,
although a dumb waiter has been indicated. The applicant will be notified of the
code's prohibition on more than one kitchen in a single family residence. This
project has been determined to be Categorically Exempt under CEQA Section
15301 (e) (2). Staff recommended that the Community Development Director
approve the Resolution of approval with the attached conditions.
CDD/DeStefano declared the public hearing opened.
Syed Raza, the applicant, submitted evidence of approval from "The Country's"
Homeowners Association. He also submitted a chip board. He stated the
following: the bonus room is now called the cellar; the area by the nook is the f
amily room; and there is to be minimal grading. He stated that he understood the
staff report and the conditions.
CDD/DeStefano declared the public hearing closed.
CDD/DeStef ano stated that he is prepared to approve the project, subject to the'
following added conditions: the applicant must submit a revised site plan properly
showing the existing front yard setback, as well as the half street width of Blaze
Trail; the front yard encroachment for the third garage space is to be at least 20'
feet; the landscape plan should incorporate an irrigation
November 9, 1992 Page 2
plan, specifically to include the three trees that are going to be removed as a
result of this construction; the landscape plans should incorporate the proper
setbacks; and, though the pool appears on the landscape plan, he is not
approving the pool (nor the landscape plans) because he has not received any
plans for review, and therefore, it must be a separate application. He made the
following corrections to the staff report: the front yard setback isn't 42 feet; and
there are three covered garages being provided with the project, not two.
CDD/DeStefano also requested that the staff report include an admonishment, in
the form of a specific condition(s), that deal with the use of the cellar. If the cellar
is shown as habitable, usable, living space, then it would mean that the structure
is three stories and would therefore be required to go before the- Planning
commission. He also noted that finding #3, page 2 of the Resolution, should be
reworded to indicate that "The applicant' request is for an 8,500 square foot
addition to an existing 2,100 square foot single family residence." With those
conditions and changes to the staff report, CDD/DeStefano approved ADR -92-
16, with the findings of fact of the previous conditions listed within the report.
ADR 92-18 CDD/DeStefano, stated that Administrative Development Review 92-18 is a request to remodel
the former Stop and Go facility into the EI Pollo Loco facility located at 1220
Diamond Bar Blvd. It is a commercial design review to permit the conversion of
the Diamond Bar Blvd. elevation to enclose a couple of the windows for both
bathrooms, and the Grand Ave. elevation to open that up with some glass and a
door.
CDD/DeStefano declared the public hearing opened. the applicant, inquired if the
permitted delivery hours could he extended after the dinner period because many
deliveries are made late at night.
PT/Lungu stated that the reason why the daytime delivery hours are limited is to
try to help
alleviate some of the traffic congestion that occurs at that Center, specifically first
thing in the morning, during Punch hours, and dinner hours. staff has no problem
with deliveries after the dinner hour.
CDD/DeStefano, stated that condition (d) will be changed to indicate that the
hours of delivery
November 91 1992 Page 3
shall be between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m., and 2.,00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m. He also added'the following conditions: the existing stucco facing Diamond
Bar Blvd. will need to be color matched, or completely repainted, with the new
stucco; and the door should be painted to match the color of the adjacent stucco.
CDD/DeStefano closed the public hearing.
CDD/DeStefano approved ADR 92-18, with the Environmental Findings, the
findings of fact, and subject to the conditions as listed within the report, to include
the amended conditions previously stated.
CDD/DeStefano indicated that the minutes of the ADR Hearing of October 12th
and October 26, 1992 will be reviewed on Thursday, November 12, 1992 at 5:00
P.m.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.n. to Thursday, November 12, 1992 at 5:00 p.m.
"';" Sv" Respectivel
'LY y—inve's DeStefano
mes DeStefano
Director of Community
Development
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
NOVEMBER 91 1992
- CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Flamenbaum called the meeting to order at
7:06 p.m. at the South Coast Air Quality Management
District Auditorium, 21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond
Bar, California.
PLEDGE OF The audience was led in the Pledge of Allegiance by
ALLEGIANCE: Vice Chairman MacBride.
ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Meyer, Grothe, Vice Chairman
MacBride, and Chairman Flamenbaum. Commissioner Li
was absent.
Also present were Community Development Director
James DeStefano, Associate Planner Robert Searcy,
Planning Technician Ann Lungu, Deputy City Attorney
Craig Fox, and Contract Secretary Liz Myers.
CONSENT CALENDAR: C/Meyer requested that the Minutes of October 12,
1992 be amended on page 4 to reflect that he voted
Minutes of
to approve Resolution 92-19; and that the Minutes
Sept. 14,
of October 26, 1992 be amended on page 5 to reflect
Oct. 12, & 26,
the reason why he voted against ZCA 92-2.
1992
VC/MacBride requested that the Minutes of October
26, 1992 be amended on page 6, last paragraph to
replace the word "his" with "Mr. Patel's".
Motion was made by VC/MacBride, seconded by C/Meyer
and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to approve the Minutes of
Sept. 14, October 12, and October 26, 1992, as
amended.
NEW BUSINESS:
PT/Lungu presented the staff report regarding the
request made by the applicants Diversified Signs &
Planned Sign
Graphs and Cornerstone Partners Walnut, Ltd.
Program 92-2
requesting approval of a Planned Sign Program for
Walnut Business Center, located at 20418 Walnut
Drive. The business center consists of one parcel
with ten (10) one story structures. At this time,
the property owner of the Walnut Business Center is
going through the subdivision process in order to
convert the business center into a commercial
condominium. The Sign Ordinance states that when
more than one wall sign is requested in a
commercial center, Planning Commission review and
approval is required. PT/Lungu presented slides
displaying the signs currently in the existing
business center. She noted that several tenants
have banners which have not been reviewed or
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approved by the City. There are no new signs being
proposed, or changes to existing signs, as part of
this application. She reviewed the application
analysis as presented in the staff report.
AP/Lungu stated that staff has attached Exhibit "A-
1", to the Resolution, requesting that the
applicant's submitted Planned Sign Program,
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Page 2
referred to as Exhibit "A", be amended to
incorporate address numerals to the monument signs,
and that the temporary signs be reviewed by. the
City. It is recommended that the Planning
Commission approve the Planned Sign Program,
Findings of Fact, and conditions as listed within
the attached resolution.
PT/Lungu, in response to Chair/Flamenbaum, stated
that each of the individual units, and each of the
buildings, have address identification numbers.
These numbers will remain.
Chair/Flamenbaum opened the meeting for public
testimony.
C/Meyer, noting that staff has recommended that the
applicant limit their color palette for the primary
and secondary wall signs, inquired if the applicant
concurs with this recommendation.
Mr. Johnson, from Diversified Signs & Graphics,
stated that though he does not feel that five
colors is that extensive, he will concur to limit
the palette to three colors. The tenants that have
signs that would not conform will acquiesce to
replacing them.
Chair/Flamenbaum closed the meeting for public
testimony.
C/Grothe stated that he feels that a variety of
colors would be appropriate for the center, as long
as the signs are the same size, shapes, and have
the same letter styles.
Chair/Flamenbaum noted that Exhibit "A-111, amending
the proposed Resolution, contains the full palette
of colors as proposed by the applicant.
C/Meyer concurred with C/Grothe that the applicants
may want to have the choice of colors expanded
especially if the building is repainted another
color in the future.
Motion was made by C/Meyer, seconded by VC/MacBride
and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to approve Resolution 92 -
XX, which includes Exhibit "A" as amended by
Exhibit "A-111.
INFORMATIONAL DCA/Fox stated that the trial court vacated the
ITEMS: hearing date, regarding the Referendum, and it has
been assigned to the Judicial Council for the
{ Verbal Status purpose of assigning this case to an out of County
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Report Judge. A court date is not anticipated any sooner
than mid December.
CDD/DeStefano indicated that a draft Environmental
Impact Report, for the South Pointe Master Plan, is
due for publication toward the end of this month.
Therefore, the project may receive a Planning
Commission Hearing on the EIR in December of 1992.
However, the project itself will not be before the
Planning Commission until January of 1993.
Chair/Flamenbaum requested that the Planning
Commission receive a copy of the published EIR at
lest two weeks prior to the Commission meeting.
C/Meyer requested that a walking tour of the South
Pointe Master Plan site be scheduled for the
Planning Commission as soon as possible.
CDD/DeStefano stated that he will relay that
request to the developers. He stated that staff is
also in the process of arranging a tour of Tonner
Canyon, for the Commission.
CDD/DeStefano stated that the City Council will be
reviewing the following items at the November 17,
1992 meeting: A public hearing is scheduled for
the Diamond Bar Associates project known as Vesting
Tentative Map 47850. There are still some areas of
the geotechnical studies that need further
refinement and clarification, therefore the Council
cannot render a decision of approval at that
meeting. The developers have also requested an
additional continuance to January of 1993; the City
Council will be looking at extending the Interim
Agricultural Zone; and the City Council will be
considering the Hillside Management Ordinance.
CDD/DeStefano reported that the City Council
approved the second reading of the Commercial
Manufacturing Ordinance, with a few minor changes.
One of the changes was requesting that a CUP be
required for all alcohol sales, whether it be for
on or off site consumption.
AP/Searcy reported on the following projects: the
InterCommunity Hospital project is nearing the 45
day review; Tract 48487, the Tice project, a 53
unit residential subdivision located in "The
Country", has now received a staff go ahead on the
fifth alternative that they have submitted; Dr.
Crowley has submitted a revised design, using the
same application filed two years ago, for a 34 unit
project located on the Torito Lane/Golden Springs;
November 9, 1992 Page 4
an EIR consultant has been chosen for the Yeh
project, a 13 unit subdivision located on the
backside of "The Country", adjacent to the Teis
project; a consultant to prepare Negative
Declaration for the Dolesol Tract, a 4 unit
subdivision located directly adjacent to Tract
47850, has been chosen and will come before the
Commission early next year; and an application for
a parcel map, located at the walnut Business
Center, will come before the Commission on the
December 14, 1992 meeting.
CDD/DeStefano stated that Avery Dennison's
divisional headquarters will soon be located in
Diamond Bar, at Pathfinder/Brea Canyon Road, to
begin operations the beginning of next year.
CDD/DeStefano reported that he held an
Administrative Development hearing earlier in the
evening and approved the following projects: minor
changes made to the El Pollo Loco building; and an
8,500 square foot addition to a 2,200 square foot
existing home located on Blaze Trail, in "The
Country".
CDD/DeStefano stated that the Commission received a
copy of a letter, from a commercial retail center
owner and manager, complaining about the staff's
processing of a karoake facility. Karoake is a
land use that is not clearly called out within our
existing code. Staff has since net with the owner
and has resolved a variety of their concerns. The
application is scheduled for the next Planning
Commission meeting. Staff will present the
Commission with a report outlining karoake
facilities, what they are, and what the application
is all about.
CDD/DeStefano stated that staff has been working
with the. City Council's Planning -and Zoning
Committee on determining how to begin to develop
the City's new code to deal with zone changes to
implement the General Plan.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chair/Flamenbaum made the following announcements:
there is a community workshop for the Olinda
Heights project to be held in the City of Brea
Thursday, November 19, 1992; and there is a
Planning and Zoning Clinic to be held at the Ramada r!r
Renaissance, by the Airport, on December 11, 1992.
Chair/Flamenbaum suggested that the Planning
Commission also form a Planning and Zoning
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{ Subcommittee. He requested staff to place the item
on the agenda for the November 23, 1992 meeting.
C/Meyer and VC/MacBride indicated that they would
be willing to volunteer to be on the subcommittee.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion was made by VC/MacBride, seconded by
C/Grothe CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY to adjourn the meeting
at 8:16 -p.m.
Respecti el ,
Ja�'iesVVVVI DeStefano
Secretary
Attest:
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Bruce Flamenbaum
Chairman